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"Non-discipleship costs abiding peace, a life penetrated throughout by love, faith that sees every thing in the light of God's overriding governance for good, hopefulness that stands firm in the most discouraging of circumstances, power to do what is right and withstand the forces of evil. In short, it costs exactly that abundance of life Jesus said he came to bring (John 10:10). The cross-shaped yoke of Christ is, after all, an instrument of liberation and power to those who live in it with him and learn the meekness and lowliness of heart that brings rest to the soul." Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines, p. 263
"After a man is saved, God will continue His training efforts. 'Putting on Christ' and Christ 'being formed in us' and having 'the mind of Christ' certainly do not mean simply reading what Christ said and attempting to put it into practice. Rather they mean that a real Person, not something remote and abstruse, comes to you day after day and 'interfering with you very self' shapes you into a being with a life similar to God's own. The command to the Christian to be perfect is no hyperbole but precisely what Christ meant. He begins on earth a process that will be consummated in heaven, but it is a process and will not allow you successfully to play the hypocrite with your naked self. God will not allow you to take the attitude, 'I never expected to be a saint, I only wanted to be a decent ordinary Chap.' His plan is indeed to make you into a heavenly being. This may account for the rough time Christians go through, for He is turning every one of his children into 'a little Christ.' He is not like a trainer who teaches a horse to jump better; He is in the business of turning horses into winged creatures." Clyde Kilby, The Christian Word of C. S. Lewis, pp. 181-182.
"Wounded healers must forsake the prideful tendency to be defined only in terms of strengths and wholeness. They must will authenticity, especially where they're still weak and tempted. That liberates the witness of God's incredible sufficiency and makes real that sufficiency through others who mediate Christ's grace and truth." Andrew Comiskey, Pursuing Sexual Wholeness, p, 191
"The historical roots of the theory of evolution are quite complex. But apart from a newly awakened fascination with the "laws of history" (Herder, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche) there was, no doubt, another ingredient: the Industrial Revolution with its concept of advance by improved workability. The idea that in the vast factory of nature things which do not work well are discarded for things which work better arises out of the mood of the nineteenth century. The entire universe was made to fit the drab climate of Manchester. While the pic of Genesis, with its powerful poetic form, was rejected as "anthropomorphic," an evolutionist concept of how things came about is tinged with the ephemeral of the laboratory and the market place." Karl Stern, The Flight from Woman. p. 291
"When people are so self-convinced that the world needs their accomplishments more than their sanctity and prayer-depth, they never do face squarely the overwhelming figure of Christ and his message in life and word." Thomas Dubay, S. M., The Evidential Power of Beauty, p. 301
"Ministries which attack only the surface of sin and fail to ground spiritual growth in the believer's union with Christ produce either self-righteousness or despair, and both of these conditions are inimical to spiritual life." Richard F. Lovelace in "Dynamics of Spiritual Life: An Evangelical Theology of Renewal"
"Every Christian experience is an experience of faith; that is, it is an experience of what we have not...We are not saved by the love we exercise, but by the love we trust." P. T. Forsyth in "Christian Perfection"
"The heart has reasons which reason knows nothing of." Blaise Pascal
"To believe in [Jesus Christ] and not to believe in what He believed, not to love what He loved and not to desire what He desired, is not to believe in Him." Alexander Schmemann in "Of Water & the Spirit"
"Because victory is his, therefore it is ours. If only we will not try to gain the victory but simply to maintain it, then we shall see the enemy utterly routed. We must not ask the Lord to enable US to overcome the enemy, nor even look to HIM to overcome, but praise him because he has already done so; he IS victor. It is all a matter of faith in him. If we believe the Lord, we shall not pray so much but rather we shall praise him more. The simpler and clearer our faith in him, the less we shall pray in such situations and the more we shall praise." Watchman Nee in "Sit, Walk, Stand."
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Forgive, and you will be forgiven. (Luke 6:37c) C. S. Lewis once noted, "Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have to forgive something." How right he was. For those of us who live with the painful effects of … Continue reading
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Thursday was National High Five Day, and even if presidents race fans are unfamiliar with the holiday, it should come as no surprise that it did not escape the attention of one Theodore Roosevelt.
When the presidents were announced for Thursday night's race at Nationals Park, Teddy failed to appear on the field. As George, Tom, and Abe paused to look up at the Nationals Park HD scoreboard, Teddy appeared on the concourse, still giving out high fives to fans.
In a sprint to a photo finish, George Washington took his second victory of the young season.
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Can you believe we put a Target vase in our room :)
Again...before of the white ceiling.
Meanwhile feast on these floors in the men's bathroom.....
Could you die.
Triple WOW! Congratulations girls, it's smashing! See you at the reveal. Xo, lisa
Oh my gosh Sherry, what a crazy week you've had! But it looks like it all came together beautifully! The wall color with the creams and that awesome stone sound like the ingredients for fabulosity. I'm sure you're ready for a spa day after that!! (PS it's encouraging to hear that even talented designers like you might need a do-over sometimes (ie the curtains). I think I keep the "return" employees at Homegoods employed!)
This is going to be a fantastic reveal, I can feel it. Did you get a picture of the really bad hair day? Put your feet up, you deserve it.
Those three little tangerines next to that beautiful lamp just got me. This is going to be so lovely.
When do we get to see?? The suspense!!!
Great design! As with life....IT EVOLVES.
I can't wait to see it ALL!!! Design is a process, that is for sure. I love when we have to get more creative and then it turns out even better than the original design. the bits and pieces look wonderful Sherry and Lori!!
Great job, now show us the rest!!
xo Kathysue
OMG, those doors. Can't wait to see the reveal.
Oh so much lovely in there, Sherry! Look forward to seeing the whole she-bang!
xo Heidi
PS -- you made it. Breathe. Sleep.
so ready to see it all, girly. from these little snippits, we can tell it is outstanding! can't wait! donna
You know I love that Schumacher floral.
I love what I see...can't wait to see it all in person this week!!!!!
Take a well deserved nap and then post more pictures!! dying to see more!!
Sherri I am amazed at how you pulled this all together and cannot wait for the big reveal!!
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Love that you left your comfort zone--you'll be rewarded I'm sure! Congrats, the peeks look exciting.
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You girls rocked it! Can't wait to see every little detail. Sounds like a butt load of hard work, but looks to be absolutely worth it! Congrats Sherry!
Sounds like an installation day on MDD. All's well that ends well. It looks fab!
Just can't wait to see every detail -- I know it will be amazing!
bravo, sherry! it looks amazing.
smiles to you.
I LOVE that you used that Target vase!! I almost bought it last week because I LOVED it!! But really, I don't need any more THINGS!!! I think it looks dynamite and can't wait to see the Whole She-Bang! xo
I just died from the floor! Oh my gosh, it all looks A-mazing!! Cannot wait to see final picks. The weather has been the absolute pits - so sorry you had to install in that. But at least it's been sunny the past couple of days here. Go rest!
Can't wait to see the big reveal. Already love the sneak peeks. Those chairs are gorgeous!
Wow Sherry...it's beautiful. Can't wait to see more :)
Sherry...your such a tease, but it looks great and cant wait to see it!
Yay! Congratulations, Sherry! It looks beautiful, amazing, gorgeous! Can't wait to see the full reveal! :) You did it- I knew you would! :)
The rug and fabric are especially awesome.
Congratulations! Can't wait to see it in person!
Shawesome! I love the deets and can't wait to see more pics. Congratulations!!!
Well, I cannot wait!
It looks fantastic, Sherry. I cannot wait for the reveal. I love the color on the walls and the contrast it creates with the furniture and artwork...and those doors add that special touch. Is the Target vase from Nate Berkus? Congratulations.
XO, Victoria
It looks amazing girls!! Can't wait to see more.
you are such a tease! show us more!! :)
i want to roll on the new tile in the men's bathroom. would that be weird?
You tease!! Can not wait for this reveal girlfriend - amazing!!
Hope you treated yourselves appropriately for all your hard work ~ anxiously awaiting the rest....
OMGoodnes, I couldn't wait to see the end product, so many cute pics, but not the grand reveal! Looking forward to your next post.
Way to go Sherry you've got us ready to see the big reveal, Sure it will be fantastic. Great floor in the men's room btw. Good luck!
I knew from the beginning you two could pull it off! Your selection is on point. I'm pulling together the room in my head. Can't wait to see it in person.
Exciting!!! All these little peaks of cool looking stuff is torture! I can already tell the white curtains look amazing with the dark walls... Sounds awful moving all that in the freakin rain... you have my sympathy...
I'm curious for that flooring if that is made from linoleum.
wowzers - this is going to be a fab space. sorry for all the trouble - looks like in the end it will all be worth it!
excellent...it looks wonderful and that floor..well...I could get down on it for sure!
Once again, you've got me laughing! Can I borrow some of your sense of humor? ;) I need to take myself less seriously! xo!
You have been busy! Looks so great - can't wait to see it all put together.
looking forward to the reveal. now go relax!
Oh Sherry, the peek looks amazing. Love the rug and can't wait for new cream draperies!!
Love it, can't wait to see it in person!!! Do you know if photography is allowed?
Love the process, and your human mistakes and letting us all in on the reality of it all! Love the doors, the entire look, the men's floor! Gorgeous.
xo Nancy
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NEW DELHI—Actress and dancer Zohra Sehgal, who charmed viewers with her impish grin and twinkling eyes, has died of heart failure in New Delhi at age 102.
Sehgal had been hospitalized with pneumonia earlier in the week and passed away Thursday evening. She will be cremated later Friday.
Condolence messages poured in for the performer.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi described her as "prolific and full of life," in a message on Twitter.
"What a journey and what an immensely loveable costar," Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted.
Sehgal started out in the 1930s as a dancer. She performed with a troupe led by Uday Shankar, the pioneer of modern Indian dance. Her travels around the world with the group were unusual for an Indian woman of her generation.
In the 1940s she joined a theatre group in Mumbai and eventually started acting in films. Even though she performed cameo parts, she always made her presence felt. She was part of Bollywood blockbusters like Hum Dil Chuke Sanam, or "I Have Given My Heart," and Kal Ho Naa Ho, or "Whether Tomorrow Comes or Not."
She also acted in films like Bend It Like Beckham, and Bhajji on the Beach, made by British-Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chaddha.
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The newly engaged Miley Cyrus had another big announcement yesterday – she's pregnant!
Liam Hemsworth proposed to the 'Hannah Montana' starlet after three years of dating. "I'm so happy to be engaged and look forward to a life of happiness with Liam," Miley confirmed to People. She also shared photos of her engagement ring with the mag. Liam gave her a 3.5-carat diamond ring.
And now the big news… WWN has learned, exclusively, that Miley Cyrus is pregnant. The only debate is what came first the pregnancy or the engagement.
"Miley was not pregnant at the time of her engagement," said a source close to a Hollywood actress. "She and Liam celebrated their coming nuptials by going to the Beverly Wilshire hotel and then… well, Miley just went to the doctor today and she's pregnant. Only five days."
Some are skeptical, saying that it's impossible to tell if a woman is pregnant after only five days, but Miley and her entourage say it's true. The coming Miley baby was conceived on their engagement night.
And Miley already knows that it's a girl, and she wants to name it – Miley Ray Cyrus.
The 19-year-old won't be able to legally drink at her wedding (or after the birth of her daughter), but it doesn't matter because she's smoking a lot of pot these days – according to unnamed sources.
Kim Kardashian has agreed to be a bridesmaid for Miley and Britney Spears said that she will serve as a midwife for Miley.
Miley, and her people, insist that this is no shotgun wedding, especially because Billy Ray had no problem with his daughter having sex outside of marriage. "Billy Ray doesn't even own a shotgun, so Liam has nothing to worry about," said a source close to the family.
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By Cindy Wooden
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ROME (CNS) — In the deep of the freezing night, security forces moved into Ukraine's Independence Square intent on dislodging protesters who had spent weeks talking, singing and praying for their country.
Members of the permanent synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church went to the square at 8 a.m. Dec. 11 to lead morning prayer, and — at about 10:30 a.m. — fear of a violent crackdown gave way to cheers as the police withdrew.
"This is tactical," said Ukrainian Bishop Borys Gudziak. "It's light outside now and evil likes darkness."
In a statement issued before dawn Dec. 11, when the police were still trying to clear out the demonstrators and bulldoze their tents and barricades, members of the synod issued a statement saying, "We are profoundly disturbed by the actions of the state security forces on the Maydan (Independence) Square in the heart of Kiev conducted under the cover of the night."
"We condemn the action directed toward restricting civil liberties, especially the freedom of expression and peaceful civic manifestation of the citizens of Ukraine," the bishops said in a statement released in English. "We declare our support and solidarity with all those on the Maydan Square who are standing with dignity and witnessing to the dignity of their fellow citizens and of the whole nation."
The bishops also expressed their prayers to God "for peace, justice and the triumph of truth for our people."
The general assembly of the students of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv issued a call Dec. 11 for all university students to consider acts of civil disobedience against the government of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.
"Last night in Kiev, human blood was spilled again" as police "attacked peaceful demonstrators," the students said; Dec. 10 is celebrated as World Human Rights Day, but in Ukraine, they said, it turned into "the day of cruelty against peaceful people."
When Bishop Gudziak addressed the crowds in Independence Square Dec. 8, he focused on the youth and told them they could change the country.
The U.S.-born bishop and former rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University currently serves as the bishop for Ukrainian Catholics in France and was in Kiev for the synod meeting.
Bishop Gudziak was not the only prelate at the large Dec. 8 demonstration. Retired Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the 80-year-old former head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, spoke from the main stage early in the morning. The protest area includes a tent chapel where liturgy is celebrated, Bishop Gudziak said, and Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant clergy have been assisting the demonstrators.
"It's very much a spiritual movement, a movement of hearts and values," Bishop Gudziak told Catholic News Service Dec. 9. Speaking by telephone from Kiev, he said the protesters want "a country where corruption doesn't reign, where a mother doesn't have to pay a bribe to get a doctor for her child, where students don't have to pay bribes to get into university."
Corrupt politicians, he said, are getting rich, while the population gets poorer and more people try to emigrate in search of work.
The protests began in late November when President Yanukovich announced the end of a process to bring Ukraine closer economically and legally to the European Union. The students had seen the move toward Europe as a sign of "hope that things would change, that the rule of law would be instituted," Bishop Gudziak said.
"The reneging on the promises he had been making for two years was an incredible betrayal," the bishop said.
The demonstrations grew in strength after a police crackdown Nov. 30 left dozens of people injured.
"The wanton violence — with no apologies, no one fired or even suspended, no sanctions" — made Ukrainians believe they had to act, Bishop Gudziak said. The police action "gave new life to a protest movement that was fizzling."
As the bishop spoke, he said police were beginning to circle the area around the demonstrations, leading to fears of a new violent crackdown.
The BBC reported early Dec. 10 that police were dismantling barricades raised by the protesters near government buildings. The opposition Fatherland Party claimed security forces had entered its offices and seized computer equipment, shutting down the party's website.
Many of the protesters believed Yanukovich withdrew from the European Union association agreement in preparation for a new trade agreement with Russia. In reaction, some protesters toppled a statue of Vladimir Lenin in central Kiev.
At the Dec. 8 rally, Bishop Gudziak read the story of the healing of Jairus' daughter from Luke 8. The passage, he said, "tells of people who were suspicious, cynical or afraid" and Jesus tells them, "Don't be afraid, she will rise again."
The bishop encouraged the protesters to continue their peaceful demonstration: "I told them the whole world is watching you with admiration: your smiles, your dedication, your fortitude in the cold, your determination, your songs."
He said he told them that with peaceful protests, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. were able to change entire continents, and "you can change the country."
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The job of the gallbladder is to store the bile produced by the liver and to release it on an as-needed basis for digestive purposes. However, it isn't easy to keep this complex mixture of chemicals in liquid form. The various elements of bile have a natural tendency to form sludge, lumps, and hard deposits called gallstones. The body uses several biochemical methods to prevent such condensation from occurring, but this natural chemistry does not always succeed. More than 20% of women and 8% of men develop gallstones at some time in their lives.
You could have gallstones in your body for many years without experiencing any problems. However, sooner or later, a gallstone will likely plug the duct that leads out of the gallbladder, causing pain.
Generally, gallbladder pain starts in the form of occasional minor attacks that subside rapidly, separated by weeks without discomfort. During this phase, the stones block the duct temporarily and then move out of the way. Eventually, continuous obstruction may develop, causing the gallbladder to become inflamed and perhaps infected. This condition is called cholecystitis. Cholecystitis is a potentially life threatening situation because an inflamed, blocked gallbladder can rupture. Another risk is that a stone may escape the gallbladder's own duct and move along to the duct that carries away secretions from both the liver and the gallbladder (the common bile duct). When this happens, the liver cannot unload the bile it produces, putting it at risk of permanent injury and creating a true surgical emergency.
The most reliable symptom of cholecystitis is intense pain beneath the right lower rib cage, often occurring from midnight to 3 AM. Typically, pain radiates to the right shoulder and is accompanied by a loss of appetite and sometimes nausea. Removal of the gallbladder immediately solves the problem. Gallbladder surgery can usually be carried out laparoscopically, resulting in a quick and easy procedure that requires little recovery time needed.
Living without a gallbladder does not seem to bring any long-term consequences. However, many people are opposed on general principle to removing an organ that nature has placed there. Medications that dissolve gallstones may be another option.
The only time it is appropriate to use alternative treatments for gallstones is during the interval before cholecystitis develops. Once the gallbladder has become completely blocked, surgical treatment is urgent.
However, during the initial period in which pain is only occasional or intermittent, the risks incurred by postponing surgery are slight. If your doctor feels that a trial of stone-dissolving medications might be appropriate, some of the agents described here could present alternate possibilities. Unfortunately, none are well established as effective. Medical supervision is definitely essential.
Preliminary clinical trials suggest that formulas containing peppermint and related terpenes (fragrant substances found in plants) can dissolve gallstones.1
The herb milk thistle, standardized to its silymarin content, has been shown to improve the liquidity of bile,2 although its actual effects on gallstones in real life are unknown.
Several herbs are prescribed in Germany for gallbladder pain, including artichoke leaf, boldo, dandelion root, fumitory, greater celandine, and turmeric.3 These herbs are thought to work by causing the gallbladder to contract and thereby expel its stones. However, such an effect is a mixed blessing: expelled stones might become lodged in the duct of the gallbladder, or, worse, the common bile duct. Furthermore, if the duct is already blocked, gallbladder contraction will lead to increased pain and perhaps rupture. Finally, some of these herbs are potentially toxic to the liver. The bottom line: consult a qualified physician before trying these treatments.
There is some evidence that regular coffee drinking can reduce the risk of developing gallstones, at least in men aged 40 to 75. In an observational study that tracked about 46,000 male physicians for a period of 10 years, those who drank 2 to 3 cups of caffeinated coffee daily had a 40% reduced risk of developing gallstone disease.4 Those who drank more coffee had an even greater reduction of risk.
It may be the caffeine in coffee that helps, as other sources of caffeine were also associated with reduced risk of gallstones, while decaffeinated coffee didn't seem to help. Caffeine is known to increase the flow of bile, so this connection makes sense. However, it is also possible that people who drink more coffee have other unknown characteristics that make them more likely to have gallstones, and that caffeine itself is an innocent bystander. Observational studies, in other words, do not show cause and effect.
Similarly weak evidence suggests that regular use of vitamin C supplements might help prevent gallstones in women.5
Somerville KW, Ellis WR, Whitten BH, et al. Stones in the common bile duct: experience with medical dissolution therapy. Postgrad Med J. 1985;61:313-316.
Nassuato G, Iemmolo RM, Strazzabosco M, et al. Effect of silibinin on biliary lipid composition: experimental and clinical study. J Hepatol. 1991;12:290-295.
Schulz V, Hansel R, Tyler VE. Rational Phytotherapy: A Physicians' Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag; 1998:173-177.
Leitzmann MF, Willett WC, Rimm EB, et al. A prospective study of coffee consumption and the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease in men. JAMA. 1999;281:2106-2112.
Simon JA, Hudes ES. Serum ascorbic acid and gallbladder disease prevalence among US adults. Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:931-936.
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Mingle Media TV and JJ Snyder were invited to come out to the Barnsdall Gallery Theater and cover the 13th Annual WIN (Women's Image Network) Awards that honor media artists who create dimensional female film and television images advancing equal rights, gender equality and dignity.
The WIN Awards also serve as a media advocacy tool to help liberate women and girls from poverty and injustice. WIN knows that without social parity, world peace, security and sustainable development is in jeopardy. For the first time, The WIN Awards 13 added an Activist Honoree Award and its inaugural recipient is the Dancing With The Stars, eco-friendly and humane designer, Dalia MacPhee.
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Diaries, Memorials, Personal Reminiscences
Alphabetically arranged by name of memoir writer (if available) or by title keyword(s).
Robert R. Abercromby."I Would Not be Here if He Had!"
- Following Australian Footsteps
- Through the Battlefields of the Western Front.
History of the American Field Service in France, 1914-1917, Told by its Members.
- New York and Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1920.
Also see the website on AFS in World War I prepared by Alan Albright as a part of his American Field Service site.
Dikran Andreasian. Comment un drapeau sauva quatre mille Arméniens.
- Paris: Fischbacher, n.d.
- - en français -
Arizona's War Dead: WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Southwest Asia
- The Arizona Republic, 31 May 1999
- - en français -
Australian Army War Diaries - First World War
- A subset of Australian Army War Diaries from the Australian War Memorial.
Olga Bing. Gestes d'Infirmières, Croquis 1916 1917.
- Paris: Léon Marotte, 1917.
- - en français -
Battle of the Somme, a web portal of the Imperial War Museum.
- Click on "Personal Stories" for diaries, letters, etc.
- 1914 & 1916
Leslie Buswell.With the American Ambulance Field Service in France. Personal Letters of a Driver at the Front.
- Boston,1916.
Joseph G. Butler. A Journey Through France in War Time.
- Cleveland : Penton Press, 1917.
John Bruce Cairnie.
- The Great War Diaries - 1915 (5th Seaforths).
- The Great War Diaries - 1917 (King's African Rifles).
- The Great War Diaries - 1918/1919 (King's African Rifles).
- Submitted by Alan Cairnie [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Canadian Letters From the Front
- Transcribed letters from the Canadian Great War Project.
- Transcribed and searchable diaries from the Canadian Great War Project.
CEF: Canadian Troop Strength in Siberia,
- 1918-1919.
Harold Chapin. Soldier and Dramatist.
- 1916
Christmas Truce 1914: Operation Plum Puddings
- A project to document the Christmas Truce.
- Includes letters, songs, and other works about this astonishing event.
Georges Clemenceau. Discours de Guerre.
- Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1968.
- - en français -
Georges Clemenceau. Grandeurs et misères d'une victoire.
- Paris: Plon, 1973.
- - en français -
Ella Cordasco. Recollections of the Russian Revolution.
- (March - October 1917).
Benjamin E. Cruzan. A Soldier's Diary.
- (December 1917 - June 1919).
Edward E. Cummings. An Enormous Room.
- New York: Boni & Liveright, 1922.
Marine Flyer in France: The Diary of Capt. Alfred A. Cunningham.
- November 1917 - January1918
Kenneth Sydney Day.
Kirkland H. Day. Camion Cartoons.
- Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919.
- Dates of war declarations by country.
- Privately printed, 1917.
Gerhard Friedrich Dose. Das Infanterie Regiment 187 in den Vogesen 1915-1916
- German original.
Gerhard Friedrich Dose. Infantry Regiment 187 in the Vosges Mountains, 1915-1916
- English translation.
Gerhard Friedrich Dose. Das Infanterie-Regiment 187 im Rumänienfeldzug 1916/17
- German original.
Gerhard Friedrich Dose. German Infantry Regiment 187 in the Romanian campaign, 1916-1917
- English translation.
- - Part I - - Part II - - Part III - - Part IV - .
Gerhard Friedrich Dose. Das Infanterie Regiment 187 in Lothringen und bei Reims 1917
- German original.
Gerhard Friedrich Dose. German Infantry Regiment 187 in Lorraine and at Reims, 1917
- English translation.
- - Part I - - Part II - .
Gerhard Friedrich Dose.
Gerhard Friedrich Dose. German Infantry Regiment 187 in Flanders, at Arras and Cambrai, 1917-1918
- English translation.
- - Part I - - Part II - - Part III - - Part IV - .
Gerhard Friedrich Dose.
- Das Königlich Preußische Infanterie Regiment 187 auf dem Lingekopf, Oktober bis Dezember 1915
- An illustrated tour of German Infantry Regiment 187 at the Linge.
- -- requires PowerPoint software --
Ralph Dorchell Doughty. Lieutenant R.D. Doughty, M.C.
- Diaries and Photos of a New Zealander in World War I.
Norman Cecil Sommers Down
- Cecil Summers
- Cecil Somers
- SEE: Cecil Sommers.
General Lionel Dunsterville. Diaries - 1911-1922
Stapleton T. Eachus. The Great War Diaries.
Sherwood Eddy. With Our Soldiers in France.
- New York, 1917.
Anonymous. An Eye-Witness at Louvain.
- London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1914 .
Fred A. Farrell. The 51st (Highland) Division - War Sketches.
- Venice: Istituto Veneto di Arti Grafiche Venezia, 1919
- - in italiano -
- Memoirs and recollections of German flyers from 1911 through 1920.
Maréchal Ferdinand Foch. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la guerre de 1914-1918.
- Paris: Plon, 1931.
- - en français -
War Prison Barracks Three: Fort Douglas, Utah
- German and Austro-Hungarian Civilian Internment Camp for the Western United States
- 1917 - 1920.
Friends of France. The Field Service of the American Ambulance, described by its members.
- Boston, 1916.
Ruth Gaines. A Village in Picardy.
- New York: E.P. Dutton, 1918.
- The work of the Smith College Relief Unit in the Somme.
Ruth Gaines. Helping France.
- New York: E.P. Dutton, 1919.
- The Red Cross in the Devastated Area.
Gedenkbuch des Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten
- Memorial to German Jewish soldiers who fell from 1914-1918.
- S.l.: Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten, 1932.
James W. Gerard. Face to Face with Kaiserism.
- New York: George H. Doran, 1918.
James W. Gerard. [American Ambassador to Germany]
- My Four Years in Germany.
- New York: George H. Doran, 1917.
Anonymous. Translated by J. Koettgen.
- A German Deserter's War Experience.
- New York, 1917.
German Verse from the Trenches
- - auf Deutsch -
The War With Germany:A Statistical Summary.
Hugh Gibson. A Journal from Our Legation in Belgium.
- New York: Doubleday Page, 1917.
Un veteran se rapelle: Gould Interview
- - en français -
Remy de Gourmont. Pendant l'orage.
- Paris: E. Champion, 1915.
Charlie and Wally Gray. Letters
- Site maintained by the government of Ontario, Canada.
Basil J. Green. World War One Diary
- Transcriptions of a diary held in the Imperial War Museums Archive Department.
Donald Hankey. A Student in Arms.
- New York: Dutton, 1917
Alexander J. Hemphill. "Belgium Under the Surface".
- New York: The Commission for Relief in Belgium, [1914-1918]
Paul B. Hendrickson. The Letters, Diary, Postcards and Pictures of a World War I Soldier.
- [U.S. 33rd Division.]
Aubrey Herbert. Mons, Anzac & Kut.
- London: Hutchinson & Co., 1919
Col J. Bentley Mott. Myron T. Herrick, Friend of France.
- Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran, 1929.
- [Herrick was American Ambassador to France
- at the beginning of the War].
George A. Hill
- Go Spy The Land: Being the Adventures of I.K.8 of the British Secret Service.
- London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1932
Memoirs of Daniel Holmes of the Royal Engineers.
James H. Hyde. Avanti Savoia: impressions du front Italien.
- Suresnes: Crémieu, 1917
Edwin E. Jones. Memoirs & Diaries: France, Egypt, Mesopotamia.
- (1915 - 1916).
Charlotte Kellogg. Women of Belgium.
- New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1917.
Fritz Kreisler. Four Weeks in the Trenches. The War Story of a Violinist.
- New York, 1915.
Lucien Lambert. Souvenirs de Lucien Lambert: Guerre de 14/18.
- With facsimiles of diary entries.
- - en français -
William H. B. Lamin. WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier.
- Diary entires being posted as blogs exactly 90 years after their writing (1917-1918).
Claude Léger. Le 165e Bataillon d'Infanterie d'Outremer
- - en français -
David Lindsay. The War Diary of David Lindsay
- Egypt and Gallipoli memoirs, 1914-1915.
Thomas Fredrick Littler. First World War Diaries, 1914-1919.
- Including cartoon postcards, war.co.uk/famphoto.htm photographs, and other materials.
George O. Lunn. 36 days in 1915.
- The War Diary of George Oliver Lunn.
L.C. McCollum. History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion.
- 1918.
Patrick MacGill. The Great Push
- 1916.
Patrick MacGill.
WWI Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay.
- Covering the years 1915-1918, day-by-day!
The World War I Diary of A. W. Miller
- With entries from February to November of 1918.
The diary of Fred Mitchell, an artilleryman.
- Entries range from January 1 - March 23, 1916.
- (More information on artillery on a separate page.)
Percy Mitchell.The American Relief Clearing House: Its Work in the Great War.
- Paris: Herbert Clarke, 1922.
Martin Niepage. The horrors of Aleppo . . seen by a German eyewitness.
- London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1916 .
James Oakleaf. Some Notes on the 108th Infantry.
- 1921.
Burton J. Hendrick. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page.
- Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923.
- [Page was American Ambassador to Great Britain].
Maurice Paléologue. [Last French Ambassador to the Russian Court].
- An Ambassador's Memoirs.
- New York, 1925.
The Diary of Thomas Reginald Part:
- An Australian Soldier Who Fought at Gallipoli and in France before being killed.
Walter Pfeffer. World War One Diary
- Transcriptions of a diary held in the Imperial War Museums Archive Department.
Lettres du front d'Athanase Poirier
- - en français -
Frederick A. Pottle. Stretchers
- New Haven,1929.
G. Ward Price. The Story of the Salonica Army.
- New York: Edward J. Clode, 1918.
R.P. Joseph Raymond. Froc et Epée.
- 1916
- - en français -
William Hard. Raymond Robins' Own Story.
- New York, 1920.
James Rennell Rodd [British Ambassador to Italy before and during the Great War].
- Social and Diplomatic Memories. Third Series. 1902-1919.
- London, 1925.
Charles Rooke. A Few of My Experiences Whilst "On Active Service".
- (1917 - 1918).
Testimony before the 102nd US Congress, November 1991, concerning the AEF experience in Russia
- at the end of the Great War and the possible abandonment of American POWs.
Admiral Reinhard Scheer. Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War.
- 1920.
- (English translation)
William Schira. Personal Diary.
- 1919.
John E. Schroeder. World War I Through the Lens of One Private's Camera.
- 1917 - 1919.
Alan Seeger. Letters and Diary
- 1917.
Alan Seeeger. Poems.
- 1916.
Henry Sheehan. A Volunteer Poilu.
- Boston, 1916.
Clayton M. Sherwood. "Writing by Moonlight." An American's Diary of Foreign Service, August 1917 to February 1919.
James T. Shotwell. At the Paris Peace Conference.
- (1937 - Appendices IV-VII - Extracts)
The Smith College/Sophia Smith Archivesof World War I
La dernière lettre écrite par des soldats tombés au champ d'honneur 1914-1918.
- Paris: Union des pères et des mères dont les fils sont morts pour la Patrie:
- la ligue des chefs de section et des soldats combattants:
- E. Flammarion, 1922.
- - en français -
Events, Commemorations and Accounts of the Somme
- The 80th Anniversary, 1 July 1916 - 1 July 1996.
Cecil Sommers. Temporary Crusaders.
- London, 1919.
Cecil Sommers. Temporary Heroes
- London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1917 (excerpts).
Clair Stanley. In Memoriam, The Great War
- (An artistic collage, 1997).
William Yorke Stevenson. At The Front In A Flivver.
- 1917.
William Yorke Stevenson. From "Poilu to "Yank".
- 1918.
Ronald Storrs. Lawrence of Arabia, Zionism and Palestine
- London: Penguin Books, 1940.
Friedrich Graf Szápáry. Das Verhältnis Österreich-Ungarns zu Rußland.
- (The Attitude of Austria-Hungary Towards Russia)
- - auf Deutsch -
Friedrich Graf Szápáry Aus den Krisenjahren
- (The Years of Crisis, 1908-1913: Extract)
- - auf Deutsch -
Oberst von Thaer Aus den Tagebuchnotizen
- (Diary Notes from 1 October 1918)
- - auf Deutsch -
- English translation of the original diary notes also available.
A. C. M. Thomson. Field Diaries of the First World War
- (June 1915 - May 1917).
Thomas Tiplady. The Cross at the Front:
- 1917
Laura de Gozdawa Turczynowicz.
When the Prussians Came to Poland: The Experiences of an American Woman During the German Invasion.
- New York, 1916.
The Sinking of the Tuscania, February 5, 1918
John J. Skinner. Diary of Sapper G. E. Vail, Royal Engineers, 15th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, B.E.F.,France.
- (1914 - 1918).
Demetra Vaka. In the Heart of German Intrigue.
- 1918.
Verlustslisten des 1. Weltkrieges
- Separate categorized lists of German soldiers lost in the First World War.
- (Lists are neither comprehensive nor complete.)
A War Nurse's Diary. Sketches from a Belgian Field Hospital.
- New York: MacMillan, 1918.
Herbert Ward. Mr. Poilu. Notes and Sketches with the Fighting French.
- London, 1916.
C.H. Weston.Three Years with the New Zealanders.
- n.d.
William B. Whitmore. England & The Somme.
- (1915 - 1916).
Memoirs of Fred Rothwell Wigglesworth.
Albert Rhys Williams.Through the Russian Revolution.
- New York: Boni & Liveright, 1921.
John Caspar Wister.Experiencing War.
- Library of Congress: Veterans History Project
Henry James Wright.
One of Ten Thousand: Letters home from Henry James Wright, an Australian soldier serving with the AIF.
- (1915-1918).
Jack Morris Wright.
A Poet of the Air. Letters of Jack Morris Wright, First Lieutenant of the American Aviation in France, April 1917-January 1918.
- Boston: Houghton & Mifflin, 1918.
- January 31, 1916.
See additional first-hand accounts at FirstWorldWar.com.


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Go green when decorating for holidays
Holiday decoration choices are often based on tradition and childhood memories. We try to recreate a simpler time in elaborate detail. The result is stress and anxiety rather than the peace and tranquility we seek.
Christmas decorations were once home-made paper flowers, strings of popcorn or cranberries, apples, and sweets. This year, recreate those simpler traditions with unique, earth-friendly decorating tips.
You do not have to throw out your cherished decorations, just pare them back and don't buy more petroleum-based tinsel or energy-wasting light strings. There are better alternatives.
Light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs use up to 90 percent less energy than regular bulbs, and they last up to 100 times as long. They also stay cool to the touch, so you won't burn your fingers or your tree. Many home improvement stores carry them, or find them at greenhome.com.
If you still have traditional light strings, keep in mind that blinking lights use less energy than a steady glow, and a longer the dark cycle uses even less energy. Holiday light timers with a "random" setting can turn any light string into blinking lights.
Candles provide a warm, cozy atmosphere while reducing electricity use. Avoid petroleum-based paraffin candles in favor of clean-burning beeswax, vegetable wax or soy candles.
The Christmas wreath on the front door can be traced back to New Year's celebrations in ancient Rome. The Romans exchanged evergreen branches as wishes of good health, and it became customary to bend the branches into a circle and hang them over doorways.
This year, consider wishing your backyard birds good health with a birdseed wreath. Many online bird supply retailers sell them, or make your own. Allow the birds to feast all season long, or if you hang your wreath behind a storm door, move it to the backyard after the holidays. If you prefer evergreen wreaths, buy a plain one and accent it with cinnamon sticks, nutmeg and pine cones.
Table Centerpieces
Small wreaths make perfect surrounds for pillar candles.
A clear glass or silver bowl filled with pomegranates, pine cones and a few evergreen sprigs looks festive.
If you're handy, make a centerpiece from a relatively straight, sturdy branch. Carve out a row of depressions just big enough for tea lights and sprinkle the branch with white glitter. Coat the tips of some pine cones with more white glitter and place around the branch. Accent with evergreen sprigs and cinnamon sticks.
Christmas Tree Ornaments
Continue the natural theme on your tree. Especially if you have kids, making ornaments is a fun family activity.
Make your own garlands by stringing together popped popcorn or dried cranberries. This requires a needle, so it's a job for the older kids. Or make paper chains using strips of crepe paper or wrapping paper.
Once again, pine cones tipped with white glitter make natural-looking ornaments. Spray-paint some silver, gold, red or green for a splash of color. Hang them using colored ribbon.
Bundles of cinnamon sticks, also tied with colored ribbon, look like little bundles of firewood and make the whole house smell fantastic.
Remember the Mistletoe
Although mistletoe has become a slightly cheesy Christmas cliche, the Celtic and Teutonic peoples believed it had magical powers. The Celts hung it for luck and to ward off evil spirits. Let the mistletoe's deep green leaves add variety to any of the above decorating ideas.
Christmas is about love and family. Give yourself the time and energy to enjoy both this season with an old-fashioned homemade Christmas.


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Are Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling evil?
Ed. note: With breakout at end.
While thousands of people all over the country are reading or watching the latest adventures of Harry Potter, a group of Christians here is praying for the soul of the boy wizard's creator.
Self-taught religious artist Joe Nicosia and Rockford Roman Catholics in a 9-year-old home prayer group believe J.K. Rowling is harming herself and others, including child readers, with books they consider evil.
"I'm concerned with children even just reading the books. It gets those thoughts in their head, and they conflict with Christianity," Nicosia said. "People knocked down 'The Passion of the Christ' movie, but they all praise this ...? People are being deceived."
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" took in a record-breaking $44.8 million on its opening day, and sales for the book series top 325 million worldwide, but not everybody loves Harry.
From the moment the first novel was released in 1997, some people of faith have objected to the theme of magic, which they say promotes witchcraft.
"It has satanic influences," said the Rev. Norris Flannigan, pastor of Ephesians Missionary Baptist Church in Rockford. "I see how people flock to it, and it might seem harmless, but that's one of the things causing havoc in our community."
Rowling, whom Forbes magazine named in 2004 as one of only five self-made female billionaires in the world, denies her books promote witchcraft. She says she is a Christian and does not believe in magic.
But there are enough critics to have made the books among the most frequent targets to be banned, according to the American Library Association.
Bishop Thomas Doran of the Catholic Diocese of Rockford has read the books and does not advocate a blanket ban, Penny Wiegert, director of communications for the diocese, said by e-mail.
"He did not see any detriment to people, young or old, as long as they understand the subject matter within the volumes is strictly for entertainment value," she said. "As always, if people are properly formed in their faith and morals, they are better equipped to make informed decisions on all their media consumption -- whether it be about Harry Potter, 'Star Trek' or 'I Dream of Jeannie' reruns."
Harry Potter was the subject of a Lenten Bible study last year at Winnebago's Middle Creek Presbyterian Church.
"The class looked at some of the themes, explained how to understand the book from a standpoint of what the Bible says, and how to emphasize to children that this is make-believe," said Middle Creek Pastor Anita Stuart-Steva. "We were hearing from so many religious authorities from so many corners of Christianity that it was evil. I wanted to give my congregation a different perspective."
The pastor, a fan of fantasy books, has read the series and concludes that the books offer this teaching point: "Good keeps triumphing over evil, but it's a constant process."
Nancy Carpentier Brown of Antioch was no fan of Harry Potter in the beginning. A Roman Catholic mother who wrote articles for home-schooling magazines, she banned the books in her home. Then a good friend and literature expert persuaded her to give one a read.
"On the surface, it sounds like something you would never want your children exposed to, but the books, just like the old fairy tales, have a moral and themes like love triumphing over death," she said. "If those aren't Christian themes, I don't know what is."
Brown released the book "The Mystery of Harry Potter: A Catholic Family Guide" in June to help parents decide about the controversial books.
"There are elements that you absolutely need to talk to your children about, and if parents don't have time to read the books themselves, it's OK to ban them," she said.
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J.K. Rowling responded to religious criticism of her Harry Potter books this way in a 1999 interview with Book Links:
"If this subject offends people, that isn't what I want to do, but I don't believe in censorship for any age group, and this is what I wanted to write about. The book is really about the power of the imagination. What Harry is learning to do is to develop his full potential. Wizardry is just the analogy I use. If anyone expects it to be a book that seriously advocates learning magic, they will be disappointed. Not least because the author does not believe in magic in that way."


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This Changes Everything, Vol. I, The Spanners Series
Dr. Clara Ackerman Branon, 58, begins having secret visits from holographic representations of beings from the Many Worlds Collective, a consortium of planet and star systems in the multiverse. When Earth is invited to join the consortium, the secret visits are made public. Now Earthers must adjust their beliefs and ideas about life, religion, culture, identity and everything they think and are.
Clara is selected to be the liaison between Earth and the Many Worlds Collective and she chooses Esperanza Enlaces to be the Chief Media Contact. They team up to provide information to stave off riots and uncertainty. The Many Worlds Collective holos train Clara and the Psi-Warriors for the Psi Wars with the rebelling Psi-Defiers, communicate effectively with many species on Earth and off-planet, eliminate ordinary, elected governments and political boundaries, convene a new group of Global Leaders, and deal with family's and friends' reactions.
In what multiple timelines of the ever-expanding multiverse do Clara and her long-time love, Epifanio Dang, get to be together and which leave Clara alone and lonely as the leader of Earth?
This Changes Everything spans the 30-year story of Clara's term as Earth's first Chief Communicator, continuing in nine more Volumes of The Spanners Series.
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This Changes My Family and My Life Forever, Vol. II, The Spanners Series
Intrigued by multiple timelines, aliens, psi skills, romance and planetary change? Clara and the alien "Band" are back in Volume II, This Changes My Family and My Life Forever.
Now as Chief Communicator, Clara leads the way for interspecies communication on- and off-planet. Fighting these changes are the Psi-Defiers, led by one of the oldest friends of the Chief of the Psi-Warriors, its reluctant leader, Rabbi Moran Ackerman. Stories from younger Spanners about the first five years of The Transition fill Volume II.
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This Is/Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change, Vol. III, The Spanners Series
Clara, Moran, Espe, Epifanio and the alien Band of holos are back in This Is/Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change, Volume III of The Spanners Series. Psi-Defiers launch increasingly violent protests during this five-year Transition, attempting to block Earth's membership into the Many Worlds Collective. Earth's nations and borders must dissolve and Psi-Warriors must strengthen in their battle against the rebels.
Clara, as Earth's first Chief Communicator, also juggles family conflicts and danger while creating psi skills training Campuses to help Earth through the Psi Wars. Clara timults alternate versions of their futures as the leaders' duties and consciences force them to make difficult choices across multiple timelines, continuing to train and fight.
Will the Psi-Warriors' and other leaders' increasing psi skills, interspecies collaborations and budding alien alliances be enough for Earth to make it through The Transition intact? If there is no clear path for Clara's and Epifanio's love, does she partner with Steve or go it alone?
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I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
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Born on the Fourth of July.
— From George M. Cohan's "Yankee Doodle Boy" (also known as "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy")
George M. Cohan claimed that he, like the Yankee Doodle Boy of his famous song, was born on the Fourth of July in 1878. But it true? In a poorly sourced article on Cohan, Wikipedia says that the composer was born on July 3, 1878. Other sources disagree with the online encyclopedia.
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"George Michael Cohan was almost certainly born on July 4, 1878, at 536 Wickenden Street, on Corkie Hill, in Providence, Rhode Island. Until Ward Morehouse discovered the Cohan baptismal certificate which carries a July 3 birthdate, there had never been any doubt that the real live nephew of his Uncle Sam was born on any day other than the Fourth. The baptismal certificate hardly settles the matter. As was not unusual at the time, the birth was not recorded in the civic registry in Providence. There is, however, circumstantial evidence writ large that the July 3 on the baptismal certificate is a clerical error. Cohan's birthday was always celebrated on the Fourth of July by his parents, Jeremiah ('Jere' or 'Jerry') and Helen ('Nellie') Cohan, and this many years before that date began to have profitable connotations for the Yankee Doodle Dandy. The utter probity of these two remarkable people who early taught their son that a man's word was his impregnable bond is the strongest proof that Cohan was indeed born on the Fourth."
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I have been using reddit for years in my personal life (not trading!) and wanted to give something back in an area where i am an expert.
I worked at an investment bank for seven years and joined them as a graduate FX trader so have lots of professional experience, by which i mean I was trained and paid by a big institution to trade on their behalf. This is very different to being a full-time home trader, although that is not to discredit those guys, who can accumulate a good amount of experience/wisdom through self learning.
When I get time I'm going to write a mid-length posts on each topic for you guys along the lines of how i was trained. I guess there would be 15-20 topics in total so about 50-60 posts. Feel free to comment or ask questions.
The first topic is Risk Management and we'll cover it in three parts
Part I
Why it mattersThe first rule of making money through trading is to ensure you do not lose money. Look at any serious hedge fund's website and they'll talk about their first priority being "preservation of investor capital."
You have to keep it before you grow it.
Strangely, if you look at retail trading websites, for every one article on risk management there are probably fifty on trade selection. This is completely the wrong way around.
The great news is that this stuff is pretty simple and process-driven. Anyone can learn and follow best practices.
Seriously, avoiding mistakes is one of the most important things: there's not some holy grail system for finding winning trades, rather a routine and fairly boring set of processes that ensure that you are profitable, despite having plenty of losing trades alongside the winners.
Capital and position sizingThe first thing you have to know is how much capital you are working with. Let's say you have $100,000 deposited. This is your maximum trading capital. Your trading capital is not the leveraged amount. It is the amount of money you have deposited and can withdraw or lose.
Position sizing is what ensures that a losing streak does not take you out of the market.
A rule of thumb is that one should risk no more than 2% of one's account balance on an individual trade and no more than 8% of one's account balance on a specific theme. We'll look at why that's a rule of thumb later. For now let's just accept those numbers and look at examples.
So we have $100,000 in our account. And we wish to buy EURUSD. We should therefore not be risking more than 2% which $2,000.
We look at a technical chart and decide to leave a stop below the monthly low, which is 55 pips below market. We'll come back to this in a bit. So what should our position size be?
We go to the calculator page, select Position Size and enter our details. There are many such calculators online - just google "Pip calculator".
So the appropriate size is a buy position of 363,636 EURUSD. If it reaches our stop level we know we'll lose precisely $2,000 or 2% of our capital.
You should be using this calculator (or something similar) on every single trade so that you know your risk.
Now imagine that we have similar bets on EURJPY and EURGBP, which have also broken above moving averages. Clearly this EUR-momentum is a theme. If it works all three bets are likely to pay off. But if it goes wrong we are likely to lose on all three at once. We are going to look at this concept of correlation in more detail later.
The total amount of risk in our portfolio - if all of the trades on this EUR-momentum theme were to hit their stops - should not exceed $8,000 or 8% of total capital. This allows us to go big on themes we like without going bust when the theme does not work.
As we'll see later, many traders only win on 40-60% of trades. So you have to accept losing trades will be common and ensure you size trades so they cannot ruin you.
Similarly, like poker players, we should risk more on trades we feel confident about and less on trades that seem less compelling. However, this should always be subject to overall position sizing constraints.
For example before you put on each trade you might rate the strength of your conviction in the trade and allocate a position size accordingly:
To keep yourself disciplined you should try to ensure that no more than one in twenty trades are graded exceptional and allocated 5% of account balance risk. It really should be a rare moment when all the stars align for you.
Notice that the nice thing about dealing in percentages is that it scales. Say you start out with $100,000 but end the year up 50% at $150,000. Now a 1% bet will risk $1,500 rather than $1,000. That makes sense as your capital has grown.
It is extremely common for retail accounts to blow-up by making only 4-5 losing trades because they are leveraged at 50:1 and have taken on far too large a position, relative to their account balance.
Consider that GBPUSD tends to move 1% each day. If you have an account balance of $10k then it would be crazy to take a position of $500k (50:1 leveraged). A 1% move on $500k is $5k.
Two perfectly regular down days in a row — or a single day's move of 2% — and you will receive a margin call from the broker, have the account closed out, and have lost all your money.
Do not let this happen to you. Use position sizing discipline to protect yourself.
Kelly CriterionIf you're wondering - why "about 2%" per trade? - that's a fair question. Why not 0.5% or 10% or any other number?
The Kelly Criterion is a formula that was adapted for use in casinos. If you know the odds of winning and the expected pay-off, it tells you how much you should bet in each round.
This is harder than it sounds. Let's say you could bet on a weighted coin flip, where it lands on heads 60% of the time and tails 40% of the time. The payout is $2 per $1 bet.
Well, absolutely you should bet. The odds are in your favour. But if you have, say, $100 it is less obvious how much you should bet to avoid ruin.
Say you bet $50, the odds that it could land on tails twice in a row are 16%. You could easily be out after the first two flips.
Equally, betting $1 is not going to maximise your advantage. The odds are 60/40 in your favour so only betting $1 is likely too conservative. The Kelly Criterion is a formula that produces the long-run optimal bet size, given the odds.
Applying the formula to forex trading looks like this:
Position size % = Winning trade % - ( (1- Winning trade %) / Risk-reward ratio
If you have recorded hundreds of trades in your journal - see next chapter - you can calculate what this outputs for you specifically.
If you don't have hundreds of trades then let's assume some realistic defaults of Winning trade % being 30% and Risk-reward ratio being 3. The 3 implies your TP is 3x the distance of your stop from entry e.g. 300 pips take profit and 100 pips stop loss.
So that's 0.3 - (1 - 0.3) / 3 = 6.6%.
Hold on a second. 6.6% of your account probably feels like a LOT to risk per trade.This is the main observation people have on Kelly: whilst it may optimise the long-run results it doesn't take into account the pain of drawdowns. It is better thought of as the rational maximum limit. You needn't go right up to the limit!
With a 30% winning trade ratio, the odds of you losing on four trades in a row is nearly one in four. That would result in a drawdown of nearly a quarter of your starting account balance. Could you really stomach that and put on the fifth trade, cool as ice? Most of us could not.
Accordingly people tend to reduce the bet size. For example, let's say you know you would feel emotionally affected by losing 25% of your account.
Well, the simplest way is to divide the Kelly output by four. You have effectively hidden 75% of your account balance from Kelly and it is now optimised to avoid a total wipeout of just the 25% it can see.
This gives 6.6% / 4 = 1.65%. Of course different trading approaches and different risk appetites will provide different optimal bet sizes but as a rule of thumb something between 1-2% is appropriate for the style and risk appetite of most retail traders.
Incidentally be very wary of systems or traders who claim high winning trade % like 80%. Invariably these don't pass a basic sense-check:
How to use stop losses sensiblyStop losses have a bad reputation amongst the retail community but are absolutely essential to risk management. No serious discretionary trader can operate without them.
A stop loss is a resting order, left with the broker, to automatically close your position if it reaches a certain price. For a recap on the various order types visit this chapter.
The valid concern with stop losses is that disreputable brokers look for a concentration of stops and then, when the market is close, whipsaw the price through the stop levels so that the clients 'stop out' and sell to the broker at a low rate before the market naturally comes back higher. This is referred to as 'stop hunting'.
This would be extremely immoral behaviour and the way to guard against it is to use a highly reputable top-tier broker in a well regulated region such as the UK.
Why are stop losses so important? Well, there is no other way to manage risk with certainty.
You should always have a pre-determined stop loss before you put on a trade. Not having one is a recipe for disaster: you will find yourself emotionally attached to the trade as it goes against you and it will be extremely hard to cut the loss. This is a well known behavioural bias that we'll explore in a later chapter.
Learning to take a loss and move on rationally is a key lesson for new traders.
A common mistake is to think of the market as a personal nemesis. The market, of course, is totally impersonal; it doesn't care whether you make money or not.
Bruce Kovner, founder of the hedge fund Caxton Associates
There is an old saying amongst bank traders which is "losers average losers".
It is tempting, having bought EURUSD and seeing it go lower, to buy more. Your average price will improve if you keep buying as it goes lower. If it was cheap before it must be a bargain now, right? Wrong.
Where does that end? Always have a pre-determined cut-off point which limits your risk. A level where you know the reason for the trade was proved 'wrong' ... and stick to it strictly. If you trade using discretion, use stops.
Picking a clear levelWhere you leave your stop loss is key.
Typically traders will leave them at big technical levels such as recent highs or lows. For example if EURUSD is trading at 1.1250 and the recent month's low is 1.1205 then leaving it just below at 1.1200 seems sensible.
If you were going long, just below the double bottom support zone seems like a sensible area to leave a stop
You want to give it a bit of breathing room as we know support zones often get challenged before the price rallies. This is because lots of traders identify the same zones. You won't be the only one selling around 1.1200.
The "weak hands" who leave their sell stop order at exactly the level are likely to get taken out as the market tests the support. Those who leave it ten or fifteen pips below the level have more breathing room and will survive a quick test of the level before a resumed run-up.
Your timeframe and trading style clearly play a part. Here's a candlestick chart (one candle is one day) for GBPUSD.
If you are putting on a trend-following trade you expect to hold for weeks then you need to have a stop loss that can withstand the daily noise. Look at the downtrend on the chart. There were plenty of days in which the price rallied 60 pips or more during the wider downtrend.
So having a really tight stop of, say, 25 pips that gets chopped up in noisy short-term moves is not going to work for this kind of trade. You need to use a wider stop and take a smaller position size, determined by the stop level.
There are several tools you can use to help you estimate what is a safe distance and we'll look at those in the next section.
There are of course exceptions. For example, if you are doing range-break style trading you might have a really tight stop, set just below the previous range high.
Clearly then where you set stops will depend on your trading style as well as your holding horizons and the volatility of each instrument.
Here are some guidelines that can help:
For example if you stop understanding why a product is going up or down and your fundamental thesis has been confirmed wrong, get out. For example, if you are long because you think the central bank is turning hawkish and AUDUSD is going to play catch up with rates … then you hear dovish noises from the central bank and the bond yields retrace lower and back in line with the currency - close your AUDUSD position. You already know your thesis was wrong. No need to give away more money to the market.
Coming up in part IIEDIT: part II here
Letting stops breathe
When to change a stop
Entering and exiting winning positions
Risk:reward ratios
Risk-adjusted returns
Coming up in part IIISqueezes and other risks
Market positioning
Bet correlation
Crap trades, timeouts and monthly limits
Disclaimer:This content is not investment advice and you should not place any reliance on it. The views expressed are the author's own and should not be attributed to any other person, including their employer.
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So I'm walking to work today and I suddenly start thinking about Ariel Sharon, the former Israeli PM. Sharon went into a coma back on January 4, 2006. To my knowledge, the man is still alive. Correct?
What an interesting story here. What if Sharon came back to us and wanted to work on a Middle East solution?


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3rd Seminar of the UNESCO Chair in "Culture, Tourism and Development" and UNITWIN-UNESCO Network "Culture, Tourism and Development"
University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne / IREST - EIREST / The French World Heritage Properties Association/ ICOMOS France / World Heritage Centre - France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement/ Cités Unies France.
The notion of Governance and Integrated management is still not extensively applied in the field of Heritage and Cultural Tourism. This seminar organized within the framework of the UNESCO Chair in "Culture, Tourism and Development", is to explore and discuss the involvement of the various stakeholders involved in the management mechanisms at all levels, in the context of the Inscription of a property on the World Heritage List and beyond its management, conservation and development.
This one-day meeting is organized around two round-table discussions that will bring together a panel of both French and International World Heritage site managers and experts.
The first round table discussion highlights the initiatives that were taken at World Heritage sites, focusing on the development of comprehensive, yet sometimes contradicting interests and approaches of different tourism and heritage actors; the development and mechanisms of holistic approaches; identifying, developing and sharing common interests and perspectives between the different stakeholders; and the key tools that exist and are needed for ensuring good management and governance.
The second round-table discussion will explore the development of policies and strategies and the identification of marketing techniques and actors concerned, as well as the establishment of conditions for "Tourism Destinations" around the World Heritage sites. Moreover, there will be discussion of issues ranging from the identification of the cultural and natural sites, development of infrastructure (transport, accommodation or activities) to the integration of the tourism management principles and marketing strategies. Also to be discussed is the identification of mechanisms to create the most relevant and coherent tourism strategy that is well adapted to a geographical scale, thereby giving preference to the participatory approaches between all stakeholders and ensuring the sustainability of heritage properties.
This seminar following the adoption of the "World Heritage Sustainable Tourism Programme" by the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee (June 24 - July 6, 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia) addresses various target audience: World Heritage site managers and conservation professionals (including from UNESCO, the Regional Office of Cultural Affairs, conservation architects, environmental practitioners); tourism experts and managers (tourist information centres, Tourism Departmental Committees and Regional Committees of Tourism), elected decision makers of World Heritage sites or cities, researchers and academics, PhD students and scholars, journalists, etc.
Working language: French
Free access subject to availability
Registration by email: firstname.lastname@example.com
World Heritage, Cultural Tourism, Tourism Destination Management